- Newcastle-under-Lyme Council election, 2002
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Elections to Newcastle-under-Lyme Council were held on 2 May 2002. The whole council was up for election with boundary changes since the last election in 2000 increasing the number of seats by 4. The Labour party lost overall control of the council to no overall control.
3 seats in Thistleberry ward were vacant until a by-election in June.
Election result
Newcastle-under-Lyme Local Election Result 2002 Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/- Labour 29 -1 50.9 42.1 27,775 Liberal Democrat 18 +5 31.6 29.8 19,700 Conservative 10 +1 17.5 26.9 17,729 The Caring Party 0 0 0 0.9 606 Green 0 0 0 0.3 198 Independent 0 -1 0 0 0 Ward results
Audley and Bignall End (3) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Democrat Andrew Wemyss 874 Liberal Democrat Catherine Cornes 834 Labour Edward Boden 786 Liberal Democrat Ian Wilkes 770 Labour Dennis McIntosh 641 Labour Leonard Gibbs 622 Conservative Robert Edwards 328 Conservative Kenneth Rushton 193 Conservative Vera Rushton 173 Turnout 5,221 Bradwell (3) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Trevor Hambleton 749 Labour John Tatton 730 Labour Tom Meir 697 Conservative Michelle Degg 270 Liberal Democrat Shirley Coxon 243 Conservative Alan Humphreys 234 Conservative Gladys Parfitt 205 Liberal Democrat Patricia Timmis 152 Turnout 3,280 Butt Lane (3) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Mavis Lench 588 Labour John Evans 566 Labour John Macmillan 551 Liberal Democrat Paula Earl 367 Liberal Democrat Silvia Burgess 362 Liberal Democrat John Parsons 340 Conservative Betty Cartwright 136 Conservative John Harper 128 Conservative Nicola Pattison 120 Turnout 3,158 Chesterton (3) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Elizabeth Caddy 635 Labour John Billington 612 Labour Sheila Phillips 565 Conservative Malcolm Moore 234 Liberal Democrat Christopher Wain 207 Conservative Russell Pattison 191 Conservative Price Roberts 182 Turnout 2,626 Clayton (2) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Colin Brooks 525 Conservative Ann Heames 518 Labour Vince Byatt 505 Conservative William Heames 466 Liberal Democrat Julian Colclough 144 Liberal Democrat Marjorie Cookson 139 Turnout 2,297 Cross Heath (3) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Gillian Williams 792 Labour Sylvia Butler 766 Labour John Williams 711 Liberal Democrat Jane Finney 394 Liberal Democrat Leo Hamburger 254 Conservative Mary Cork 199 Conservative Luciana Flackett 174 Conservative Thomas James 163 Turnout 3,453 Halmerend (2) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Democrat David Becket 614 Liberal Democrat Gavin Webb 573 Conservative Mark Riley 343 Labour Christopher Cooper 327 Labour Trevor Sproston 311 Conservative Simon Tagg 285 Turnout 2,453 Holditch (2) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Betty Blaise 499 Labour Vic Finnemore 430 Liberal Democrat Jane Wemyss 125 Conservative Eleanor Moore 83 Conservative Phyllis James 81 Turnout 1,218 Keele (2) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Democrat Robin Studd 445 Liberal Democrat Wenslie Naylon 429 Labour Theresa James 155 Labour Brian O'Rourke 143 Conservative Margaret Campbell 89 Conservative Judith Flynn 84 Turnout 1,345 Kidsgrove (3) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Democrat Mary Maxfield 752 Labour Margaret Astle 698 Labour Martin Bentley 596 Liberal Democrat Geoffrey Hall 579 Liberal Democrat Ephriam Daniels 558 Labour Dorothy Fogg 546 Conservative Elizabeth Heath 97 Conservative Michael James 90 Conservative Richard Watts 81 Turnout 3,997 Knutton and Silverdale (2) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Maureen Maddox 456 Labour David Leech 392 The Caring Party Derrick Huckfield 252 The Caring Party Stephanie Wilcox 144 Liberal Democrat Eric Durber 73 Conservative Peter Davies 71 Conservative David Heath 56 Turnout 1,444 Loggerheads and Whitmore (3) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Charles Holland 1,166 Conservative Freda Myatt 1,078 Conservative Colin Ince 1,050 Liberal Democrat Anne Becket 292 Labour Anne Farrelly 243 Labour Doris Boden 209 Labour Victor Wilson 178 Turnout 4,216 Madeley (2) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Ashley Howells 758 Labour William Sinnott 537 Conservative Andrew Davies 385 Liberal Democrat Bryan Kirkham 369 Conservative Ian Matthews 328 Turnout 2,377 May Bank (3) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Democrat Muffi Fox 836 Liberal Democrat Edward Coxon 763 Liberal Democrat Trevor Johnson 724 Labour Michael Clarke 678 Labour Margaret McQuillan 483 Labour Roy Taylor 458 Conservative Peter Dunn 329 Conservative Anthony Thornber 261 Conservative Marjorie Thornber 232 Turnout 4,764 Newchapel (2) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Democrat Hortense Lowndes 330 Liberal Democrat Sandra Bowyer 313 Labour Gillian Burnett 270 Labour Frank Penell 260 Conservative Nora Salt 221 Conservative Carl Thomson 196 Turnout 1,590 Porthill (2) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Bertram Lawton 394 Labour Colin Higginson 390 Conservative John Cooper 363 Conservative Barbara Lewis 249 Liberal Democrat Christopher Dunning 160 Liberal Democrat Neil Adams 138 Turnout 1,694 Ravenscliffe (2) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Democrat Brian Lewis 420 Labour Raymond Astle 410 Liberal Democrat Christine Slater 394 Labour Edmund Chrzanowski 379 Conservative Edith Greatbach 115 Conservative Jacqueline Heath 90 Turnout 1,808 Seabridge (3) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Andrew Fear 713 Conservative David Nixon 692 Conservative Peter Hailstones 677 Labour Richard Gorton 569 Labour Cynthia Taylor 485 Labour Harry Matthews 468 Liberal Democrat Kelly Dale 235 Liberal Democrat Craig Ridgway 220 Liberal Democrat Hans Liebeck 189 Turnout 4,248 Silverdale and Parksite (2) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Elaine Blake 480 Labour George Cairns 369 The Caring Party George Tweedie 110 Liberal Democrat John Naylon 105 Liberal Democrat Angela Studd 101 The Caring Party Geoffrey Cubley 100 Conservative Robert Titterton 100 Conservative Sydney Trickett 82 Turnout 1,447 Talke (2) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Liberal Democrat Raymond Slater 657 Liberal Democrat Arthur Amos 648 Labour Lynda Griffiths 358 Labour Robina Macmillan 314 Conservative Shirley Titterton 75 Conservative Pauline Trickett 63 Turnout 2,115 Town (2) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Albert Clarke 556 Liberal Democrat David Clarke 534 Liberal Democrat Christopher Malkin 486 Labour Stephen James 427 Conservative Winston Cooper 131 Conservative Adam Howard 110 Turnout 2,244 Westlands (3) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Conservative Glennis Deakin 1,166 Conservative Mary Moss 1,122 Conservative Michael Flynn 1,034 Labour Laura Stoddard 401 Liberal Democrat David Dugdale 337 Labour Peter Munn 336 Liberal Democrat Hilary Jones 331 Liberal Democrat Susan Willson 308 Labour Ike Williams 300 Turnout 5,335 Wolstanton (3) Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Michael Foy 580 Liberal Democrat Andrew Worsey 549 Liberal Democrat Pamela Patten 538 Liberal Democrat John Cornes 495 Labour Sandra Hambleton 446 Labour Sheridon Lamb 445 Green Ann Beirne 198 Conservative David Cooper 186 Conservative John Vernon 124 Conservative Christopher Trickett 117 Turnout 3,678 References
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